North Yorkshire Business News Today- Tuesday 18th August 2009

Grand Central starts its eight service improving links between North Yorkshire and London

Grand Central starts another ‘open access’ service -Breaking Travel News 

Selby benefits from £5 million redevelopment ‘Rennaisance Scheme’

The ‘Rennaisance Scheme’, funded by the Yorkshire Forward Development Agency, has already seen the redevelopment of the Abbey Square Precinct. The market place returned there yesterday after a £1.4 million spend to improve the area.

Further progress in the ‘Rennaisance Scheme’ see a new park open this Saturday by the side of the River Ouse.


Read more at:

Renaissance era dawns for district – The Yorkshire Post

North Yorkshire and Humber experience a rise in new construction project starts

The recession has not provided an easy time for the construction industry and many UK regions are still seeing a fall in the number of new private sector developments.

Luckily the public sector continues to put forward contracts for social housing and utilities and this has, in the main, helped to counteract the private sector downturn.

Construction News reports that whilst the birth of new projects is currently down in many of areas in the UK North Yorkshire and Humber has experienced growth of new construction projects in May, June and July.


Read the full report:

Strong public and utilities sectors steady construction work flow – Construction News

Farmer’s Weekly Awards 2009

The Farmer’s Weekly Awards have found their finalists and are about to begin the judging.

Finalists from across Yorkshire include:

Chris Martin – Arable Adviser of the Year finalist

Andrew Gloag – Arable Farmer of the Year Finalist

Tom Mellor – Diversification Farmer of the Year finalist

Tom Rawson – Young Farmer of the Year finalist

Richard Bramley – Countryside Farmer of the Year finalist

Andrew and Michael Stapleton – Contractor of the Year finalists



Read the full story at:

FW Awards 2009: Meet the finalists – Farmers Weekly Interactive

£35 million regeneration contract for North Yorkshire won by Morgan Sindall

North Yorshire can look forward to whole new future with the confirmation that Morgan Sindall, a leading UK construction firm, have taken the £35 million contract to improve prospects in the Craven District Council Area.

The project will see the building of 220 homes and shops.


Read the full story at :

Morgan Sindall scoops £35m Yorkshire regeneration job – Building.co.uk

Useful Links:

Morgan Sindall Website

Craven District Council Website

SIAS Building Services, Keighley goes into administration

Over 130 jobs are to be lost as the result of the administration of SIAS Building Services.

SIAS Building Services provide electrical and mechanical contracting and maintenance services.

Deloittes are handling the adminstration procedure and hope to find a buyer for business.


Read the full story at:

SIAS Building Services goes into administration – Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Also in North Yorkshire Business News Today:      

Tributes paid to Business Link Yorkshire leader John Shepherd – The Press